Great Spoil

"I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil." —Psalm 119:162 [KJV]

The saints of God in all ages were taught by the same Spirit, looked for the same salvation, and were comforted by the same truths found in the word of the Lord; hence the WORD is so precious to them; it causes rejoicing of soul within them; thus it is of the written word of the Lord which makes known his everlasting, loving designs to sinners of mankind: this also is true of the essential, divine, and uncreated WORD, the Lord Jesus: He in person manifested God's thoughts of love, as words declare what is in the mind: Jesus lay in the bosom of the Father from eternity; He has revealed the Father's eternal love to us! 

O, he who findeth Jesus will rejoice indeed. With joy, says Philip, "we have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets did write." —John 1:45. Hath a conqueror, who hath obtained a complete victory over, and is enriching himself with the spoils of a wealthy enemy, cause of rejoicing? how much more has the Christian daily from the word of the Lord. Alas! the joy of the one is but momentary and uncertain; what he hath gained in war to-day, to-morrow he may be deprived of; but joy through the victory of Jesus, and the spoil the Christian reaps from the word are durable and eternal: the victory of Jesus is the Christian's spoil; here he beholds sin subdued, death conquered, Satan vanquished, hell overcome, and a crown of eternal life and glory fully obtained, absolutely ensured, and which shall most certainly be enjoyed. 

In the written word of the Spirit are given unto us "exceeding great and precious promises." In the essential word JESUS, "all the promises are in Him, yea and amen, to the glory of God." By the former we understand "what is the hope of our calling, and what the riches of the glory of our inheritance in the saints." By the latter, union with Jesus, and faith in Him, we obtain the happy assurance that all things are ours. "Whether ministers, the world, life, death, things present, or things to come, all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's." —1 Corinthians 3:22, 23. And "nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus." —Romans 8:39. Blessed be God for the word of His grace, the BIBLE; blessed be God for His unspeakable gift, Jesus. 

Here is thy treasure, O Christian; where should thy heart be but in meditation and delight herein daily? For thou canst get spiritual joy from no object but victorious Jesus, set before thee in the gospel; and the clearer thou seest salvation by Him, so will thy faith be stronger in Him; this creates spiritual rejoicing of soul continually. 

How doth Thy word my heart engage! 

How well employ my tongue! 

And in my tiresome pilgrimage 

Yields me a heav'nly song. 

When nature sinks and spirits droop, 

Thy promises of grace 

Are pillars to support my hope: 

And there I write Thy praise.

 

-preacher William Mason (1724-1797 A.D.)

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